Bill of Rights HW Notes:
Amendment 6
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Provides rights people have when they have been ____________ of a______________.
These rights are to insure that a person gets a ________ trial including a ___________
and __________ trial, an impartial jury, a notice of accusation, a confrontation of
witnesses, and the right to a _____________.
Did you listen?
This is to keep the government from having ___________ trials away from the eyes of the
public. This happened under the rule of the ____________ and the Founding Fathers didn't
want this to occur under the new government.
Amendment 6 is the right to fair ___________
It guarantees you the right to a lawyer
Speedy means: can’t wait too long
Secret trials would be wrong
To keep things _____________, fair, and free
Amendment 7
•
Protects the right to a trial by __________ in ____________ court cases.
•
Non-criminal cases are called civil cases. Civil cases involve disputes between two
private citizens or organizations. The victim in a civil case usually __________ for
"damages" in the form of ___________.
Did you listen?
The writers of the Bill of Rights were concerned that if trials were only decided by
____________, the judges would side with the ____________, giving the government too much
power.
Example of civil cases might include:
A ____________ suing another business to get money they owe.
Amendment 7: a jury in ___________ cases
A group of random ______________
They together will decide
The outcome derived
So no one person has total power to rule
Amendment 8

prohibits excessive bail, ___________ fines, and ______________ and unusual
______________.
Did you listen?
The ________________ has said that the death penalty is _________ protected by the Eighth
Amendment.
Amendment 8 forbids extreme punishment
Outlaws “cruel and unusual” consequence
No excessive ___________ unless the crime agrees
It protects us when we’ve done some __________.
Amendment 9
•
States that the ________________ of rights described in the Constitution is not
exhaustive, and that the ______________ still have all the _____________ that are not
listed.
Did you listen?
The word "enumeration" means an ordered or numbered list.
Just because there is a list of rights in the Constitution, it doesn't mean that the
________________ can take away __________ rights of the people that are _________ listed.
What are some "other rights"?
The right to clean drinking __________.
Amendment 9 says freedom is the way
There are other _____________ rights
And even if they are not ______________
In the ________________
The government should respect those too!
Amendment 10
• Gives all powers __________ specifically given to the United States government in the
Constitution, to either the _________ or to the _________.
Did you listen?
Example of a power of the FEDERAL government:
___________ war
Example of a power of the STATE government:
___________ laws
Amendment 10 says the ____________ is the people’s
The _____________ governments have important rights too
No one dictator can say there’s only one way
Liberty gives us the say in the USA!
Bill of Rights HW Notes:
Amendment 6
•
Provides rights people have when they have been ____________ of a______________.
These rights are to insure that a person gets a ________ trial including a ___________
and __________ trial, an impartial jury, a notice of accusation, a confrontation of
witnesses, and the right to a _____________.
Did you listen?
This is to keep the government from having ___________ trials away from the eyes of the
public. This happened under the rule of the ____________ and the Founding Fathers didn't
want this to occur under the new government.
Amendment 6 is the right to fair ___________
It guarantees you the right to a lawyer
Speedy means: can’t wait too long
Secret trials would be wrong
To keep things _____________, fair, and free
Amendment 7
•
Protects the right to a trial by __________ in ____________ court cases.
•
Non-criminal cases are called civil cases. Civil cases involve disputes between two
private citizens or organizations. The victim in a civil case usually __________ for
"damages" in the form of ___________.
Did you listen?
The writers of the Bill of Rights were concerned that if trials were only decided by
____________, the judges would side with the ____________, giving the government too much
power.
Example of civil cases might include:
A ____________ suing another business to get money they owe.
Amendment 7: a jury in ___________ cases
A group of random ______________
They together will decide
The outcome derived
So no one person has total power to rule
Amendment 8

prohibits excessive bail, ___________ fines, and ______________ and unusual
______________.
Did you listen?
The ________________ has said that the death penalty is _________ protected by the Eighth
Amendment.
Amendment 8 forbids extreme punishment
Outlaws “cruel and unusual” consequence
No excessive ___________ unless the crime agrees
It protects us when we’ve done some __________.
Amendment 9
•
States that the ________________ of rights described in the Constitution is not
exhaustive, and that the ______________ still have all the _____________ that are not
listed.
Did you listen?
The word "enumeration" means an ordered or numbered list.
Just because there is a list of rights in the Constitution, it doesn't mean that the
________________ can take away __________ rights of the people that are _________ listed.
What are some "other rights"?
The right to clean drinking __________.
Amendment 9 says freedom is the way
There are other _____________ rights
And even if they are not ______________
In the ________________
The government should respect those too!
Amendment 10
• Gives all powers __________ specifically given to the United States government in the
Constitution, to either the _________ or to the _________.
Did you listen?
Example of a power of the FEDERAL government:
___________ war
Example of a power of the STATE government:
___________ laws
Amendment 10 says the ____________ is the people’s
The _____________ governments have important rights too
No one dictator can say there’s only one way
Liberty gives us the say in the USA!